A young 17-year-old inmate, who had not been found since his escape from the Bonneville remand center (Haute-Savoie) on Christmas Eve, was arrested in Switzerland on Wednesday, we learned from the Annecy prosecutor’s office. .
The fugitive “was found, arrested and incarcerated in Switzerland in the Canton of Fribourg. He was also wanted there for thefts committed before and during his run,” said Line Bonnet, the public prosecutor of Annecy, confirming information from France Bleu Haute-Savoie.
“He will first be judged in Switzerland for the acts he committed there,” added Bonnet, specifying that “his extradition to France” would then be requested.
“Quite dangerous”
The minor, placed in pre-trial detention on December 18 for an armed robbery, fled during a medical transfer on December 24.
He had taken advantage of “the opening of the sliding door of the prison vehicle so that the driver could get in and escape on foot”, shackled with one wrist handcuffed to the belt, according to Bonnet.
A European arrest warrant was issued against him on December 29.
Considered “quite dangerous”, according to a source close to the investigation, the prosecution had specified at the time of his flight that he was not armed and had not benefited from any complicity.